Stage 45: Vilamaniscle - Port de la Selva

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Stage 45: Vilamaniscle - Port de la Selva

Distancie/elevation: 21,2 km / (+760),(-910)Tiempo: 5h45min (walking time without stops).Difficulty: take care with the heat. The descent to La Selva de Mar is steep.Water: you will find water in the villages and in Sant Pere de Rodes.

Route/Itinerary:

(0h00min; 0 kms) Vilamaniscle (152m). The GR11 heads out by the
drinking fountain at the entrance to Vilamaniscle, along Carrer de la Pujada del Castell,
turns left past the castle ruins and continues right along Carrer de Tramuntana until you get to Carrer de la Serra. Walk up this street, which turns
into a track, to the...

(0h25min; 1,6 kms) Col de la Serra (258m). Soon after reaching the top, at the junction, you follow the
track on the right, which you stay on for about 2 kilometres until a path on your left drops sharply down to the Romanesque chapel of San Silvestre.
The red and white markings coincide with other red and green markings.

(1h05min; 4,4 kms) Sant Silvestre de Valleta (118m). In Sant Silvestre the red and white markings of the
GR11 disappear. Keep left, following the red-green and yellow markings that quickly lead you up to a track where the red and white markings reappear.
Continue uphill to the left along a track.

(1h30min; 5,9 kms) Col de les Portes (228m). The Mediterranean is visibly closer. You quickly head down the
track towards Llança. As you arrive, you pass below the railway tracks and turn left, walking parallel to a road that you later cross, after 200m.
Head towards the Tourist Information Office up ahead.

(2h15min; 9,2 kms) Llança (tourist office) (10m). The GR11 leaves Llança and continues around the back of
the tourist office –next to a park with a drinking fountain- along Calle del Comte Jórre. You
soon turn left along Avenida Antoni Margarits i Sagrera, and walk on to a roundabout where a path emerges and leads you up, without respite, to the...

(3h10min; 12,2 kms) Coll del Perer (346m). Turn right and continue climbing up to a large rock, which
marks the end of the tough part of the climb, where you join a wider path. Follow it for 1.5 kms until you come out at the road that joins Vilajuiga
and El Port de la Selva. At the crossroads go straight on.

The Benedictine Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes was built in a Romanesque style that was unconventional for its time. The church dates back to the
10th century and the façade is from the 12th century, although there were other buildings prior to this one, possibly even Roman.

Head down some steps to the left, next to the monastery entrance, then turn right below the southern stretch of the wall along a cement track that
heads down to a car park. Once at the car park, on the right, you will see a path that zigzags down a steep slope, and towards the end, heads along
the bottom of the Rec dels Gatiens valley. Shortly before reaching La Selva de Mar, you pass by the Chapel of Sant Sebastià, of Romanesque origin,
that looks more like a castle.

(5h00min; 18,1 kms) La Selva de Mar (60m).
Drinking fountain. Walk down Carrer de la Font and cross over the river by the second
bridge. Continue along Carrer de l'Hospital and after 100m, turn left into a side street that takes you down to a pathway that runs parallel to the
river. At the end, you come to a path that crosses the river and climbs up between old farm walls. After 15 minutes you come to a road that leads up
to Sant Pere de Rodes, on a hairpin bend, where another path leads you down on the right to the road joining La Selva de Mar and El Port de la Selva.
Follow this road – it has a pavement and a cycle lane – until it comes out onto the coast road, next to the L'Erola campsite. Keep right, skirting
the Bahia del Port de la Selva, until you come to...

(5h45min; 21,2 kms) Port de la Selva (6m).

Where to sleep:

At the beginning of the stage, in Delfià, on the road betweenRabós and Garriguela (a 5km diversion from the crossroads between
Rabós and Vilamaniscle or 3kms by track from Vilamaniscle), we recommend
Can Jenot en Delfià
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.
It has two apartments for 3 and 5 people, a swimming pool, washing-machine, internet, fridge…The price per person is 60€ with breakfast and dinner
included. In July and August, it is only available for the whole week.